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In June 2014, and in return for another regular update from Kate, the Rotary Club of Biggleswade produced a further magnificent donation – £500. This welcome amount will go towards the essential upkeep and maintenance of the chickens and pigs and their accommodation on the Kasiisi School Farm. Sincere thanks from all of us – we see you […]

Under the guidance of Year 6 Head, Yvonne Pemberton, students of Bedford Girls School have raised £332 for our project since April. Thank you to all those who took part in this magnificent fundraising and good luck to Yvonne and her daughter Meghan who will be working at Kasiisi Primary School for two weeks in July. Once they […]

We are grateful to members of the Cambridge International School, which has supported us so generously over a number of years, for continuing to remember us. At their summer fair this year, they sold Ugandan crafts amounting to £48.50 – it all helps!

On a visit to the Kibale Forest to see the wild chimps living near Kasiisi, Colonel Dacunto is joined by his West Point cadets, members of our KFSP (Kasiisi Forest Schools Project) staff and a couple of Kasiisi school children – a great day both for fun and for conservation education.

Gas from the biodigester at our school farm can now be used in the newly completed kitchen in the volunteers’ house. Biogas is piped to these gas rings, which are all set for cooking, saving on fuel costs and valuable wood and charcoal.

Our trustee, Pat Smith and his wife Liz Smith, who both visited Kasiisi in 2013, asked for contributions to the Kasiisi Porridge Project instead of birthday presents at their recent party for friends and family. Thanks to the generosity of their guests, some £200 was donated.

To get water from the river to where it’s needed – to the livestock and crops – a lot of preparatory work needs to be done. Measuring the slope etc. is one of them. It will be next year before the installation of pumps is actually done. 2014 is the year of preparation and planning.

Colonel Phil Dacunto, West Point Professor of Environmental Engineering, is working with Ugandan engineer counterparts, and a group of West Point cadets. They are planning how to make the best use of the river water for our school farm.

The Kasiisi Porridge Project has funded a long-lasting, spacious and secure new room for storage of farm equipment etc. In time to come, it could also become the first room of another chicken house, but for now, it is in full use for keeping things safe and dry.

In March this much-needed water tank was installed next to the new accommodation built on the farm. It will mean less water having to be hauled up by hand in jerry cans from the river in the dry seasons.

After their committed fundraising in 2013, the students and staff of Denbigh High School have delivered again in the form of a cheque for £265, less than a year after their previous donation of £390. What a great school!